Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: minable
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be mined.

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree English mine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English minable From mine + -able.

Inflected Forms

more minable (comparative) most minable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unminable

Questions

What does minable mean?: Able to be mined.
Where does minable come from?: Etymology tree English mine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English minable From mine + -able.

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